You might have thought we had more than enough taxes already, but Cobb County’s strategic plan to be considered this fall by our commissioners raises the specter of a new “rain tax.”

It would be a storm-water utility fee levied on all property owners to pay for storm-water projects, the Marietta Daily Journal’s Nikki Wiley reported last week. Commission chairman Tim Lee said the county can’t keep up with storm water services by tapping into water fees, and this “rain tax” will be explored when the 2014-15 budget process begins next year. The fee would probably be a few dollars a month.

The term “rain tax” adds to the feeling of tax saturation, sort of like the rain saturation we are having. It even rains when the sun is shining. The idea of a “rain tax” seems to be a way of punishing us citizens because it’s raining so much.

See if you can count how many different taxes you and/or other working people and businesses now pay. As a start, here’s a helpful list from goodcitizen.org that includes a number of fees and charges that function as taxes:

You may think of other taxes not on the list. The point is that every time we do just about anything in this country, we’re taxed. Of course, the first things that come to mind are all the federal, state and local taxes that either come out of your paycheck or your checking account when you buy something — gasoline, clothing, household necessities like toothpaste and laundry detergent or get your hair cut or styled.

Once the “rain tax” is imposed, how long will it be before there’s a “sun tax” — stemming from the problems that might be caused to roadways, trees and other plants in our parks, etc., from too much sun during hot, dry, fair weather. That would leave one thing yet to be taxed: the air we breathe.

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